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* AuthorAllusion: Edwin's book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson's first published book, 1997's ''[[HypocriticalHumor Why I Hate Canadians]]''.
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* GranolaGirl: Jenni.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book's typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: ShoutOut: Edwin's book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson's first published book, 1997's ''[[HypocriticalHumor Why I Hate Canadians]]''.
* SophisticatedAsHell:
** The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book's typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
* SophisticatedAsHell:
** The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book's typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
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* {{Tradesnark}}: It's in the title.
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* AuthorAllusion: Edwin’s book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson’s first published book, 1997’s ''[[HypocriticalHumor Why I Hate Canadians]]''.
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* AuthorAllusion: Edwin’s Edwin's book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson’s Ferguson's first published book, 1997’s 1997's ''[[HypocriticalHumor Why I Hate Canadians]]''.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Discussed. As an editor, Edwin can’t stop himself from pointing these out.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Discussed. As an editor, Edwin can’t can't stop himself from pointing these out.
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* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: Edwin’s UnwantedSpouse Jenni is always asking this.
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* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: Edwin’s Edwin's UnwantedSpouse Jenni is always asking this.
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* EmptyShell: The devotees of Soiree’s book seen to become this.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically Edwin’s job.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically Edwin’s job.
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* EmptyShell: The devotees of Soiree’s Soiree's book seen to become this.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basicallyEdwin’s Edwin's job.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam “The Snake” Serpent does one after reading ''What I Learned on the Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam “The Snake” "The Snake" Serpent does one after reading ''What I Learned on the Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
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* InstantBookDeal: From Tupak Soiree’s point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned on the Mountain''.
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* InstantBookDeal: From Tupak Soiree’s Soiree's point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned on the Mountain''.
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* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set “ten minutes from now.”
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:[=McGreary=]]]’s motivation.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:[=McGreary=]]]’s motivation.
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* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set “ten "ten minutes from now.”
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney:[[spoiler:[=McGreary=]]]’s [[spoiler:[=McGreary=]]]'s motivation.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney:
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* PunnyName: Edwin de Valu (“devalue,” yes?) and Tupak Soiree.
* RagsToRiches: Rory Wilhacker, the janitor in Panderic’s building, has this after becoming the first person to read ''What I Learned on the Mountain'' and follows one of Tupak’s financial tips. Edwin executes the same stunt, but [[RichesToRags he gets left with just $1.47]] after Jenni leaves him.
* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book’s typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
* RagsToRiches: Rory Wilhacker, the janitor in Panderic’s building, has this after becoming the first person to read ''What I Learned on the Mountain'' and follows one of Tupak’s financial tips. Edwin executes the same stunt, but [[RichesToRags he gets left with just $1.47]] after Jenni leaves him.
* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book’s typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
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* PunnyName: Edwin de Valu (“devalue,” ("devalue," yes?) and Tupak Soiree.
* RagsToRiches: Rory Wilhacker, the janitor inPanderic’s Panderic's building, has this after becoming the first person to read ''What I Learned on the Mountain'' and follows one of Tupak’s Tupak's financial tips. Edwin executes the same stunt, but [[RichesToRags he gets left with just $1.47]] after Jenni leaves him.
* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing abook’s book's typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
* RagsToRiches: Rory Wilhacker, the janitor in
* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a
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* {{Tradesnark}}: It’s in the title.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: May’s job title is Associate Editor-in-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies but Including Angels and Alien Abductions.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: May’s job title is Associate Editor-in-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies but Including Angels and Alien Abductions.
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* {{Tradesnark}}: It’s It's in the title.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard:May’s May's job title is Associate Editor-in-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies but Including Angels and Alien Abductions.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard:
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Edwin De Valu is a junior editor at Panderic Press with responsibility for the self help section. When the author of their best-selling ''Mr Ethics'' series is jailed for fraud, he is asked to find something else to fill the gap in their fall publishing schedule. That something else is the rambling ''What I Learned On The Mountain'' by Tupak Soiree, which becomes a huge success... with terrible consequences.
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Edwin De Valu is a junior editor at Panderic Press with responsibility Press, responsible for the self help section. self-help division. When the author of their best-selling ''Mr ''Mr. Ethics'' series is jailed for fraud, he is asked to find something else to fill the gap in their fall publishing schedule. That something else is the rambling ''What I Learned On The on the Mountain'' by Tupak Soiree, which becomes a huge success... success … with terrible consequences.
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* AuthorAllusion: Edwin's book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson's first published book, ''Why I Hate Canadians''.
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* AuthorAllusion: Edwin's Edwin’s book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson's Ferguson’s first published book, ''Why 1997’s ''[[HypocriticalHumor Why I Hate Canadians''.Canadians]]''.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Discussed. As an editor, Edwin can't stop himself from pointing these out.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Discussed. As an editor, Edwin can't can’t stop himself from pointing these out.
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* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: Edwin's UnwantedSpouse Jenni is always asking this.
* {{Doorstopper}}: ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
* EmptyShell: The devotees of Soiree's book seen to become this.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically Edwin's job.
* {{Doorstopper}}: ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
* EmptyShell: The devotees of Soiree's book seen to become this.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically Edwin's job.
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* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: Edwin's Edwin’s UnwantedSpouse Jenni is always asking this.
* {{Doorstopper}}: ''What I LearnedOn The Mountain''
on the Mountain''.
* EmptyShell: The devotees ofSoiree's Soiree’s book seen to become this.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basicallyEdwin's Edwin’s job.
* {{Doorstopper}}: ''What I Learned
* EmptyShell: The devotees of
* ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam "The Snake" Serpent does one after reading ''What I Learned On The Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
* InstantBookDeal: From Tupak Soiree's point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
* {{Hypocrite}}: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
* InstantBookDeal: From Tupak Soiree's point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam "The Snake" “The Snake” Serpent does one after reading ''What I Learned On The on the Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The author of theMr Ethics ''Mr. Ethics'' books is jailed for fraud and murder.
* InstantBookDeal: From TupakSoiree's Soiree’s point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned On The Mountain''on the Mountain''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The author of the
* InstantBookDeal: From Tupak
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: [[spoiler:Jack McGreary]]
* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set "ten minutes from now".
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:McGreary]]'s motivation.
* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set "ten minutes from now".
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: [[spoiler:Jack McGreary]]
[=McGreary=]]].
* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set"ten “ten minutes from now".
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney:[[spoiler:McGreary]]'s [[spoiler:[=McGreary=]]]’s motivation.
* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set
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* PunnyName: Edwin de Valu ("devalue", yes?) and Tupak Soiree.
* {{Tradesnark}}: It's in the title.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.
* WeightWoe: May is always on a fad diet.
* {{Tradesnark}}: It's in the title.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.
* WeightWoe: May is always on a fad diet.
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* PunnyName: Edwin de Valu ("devalue", (“devalue,” yes?) and Tupak Soiree.
* RagsToRiches: Rory Wilhacker, the janitor in Panderic’s building, has this after becoming the first person to read ''What I Learned on the Mountain'' and follows one of Tupak’s financial tips. Edwin executes the same stunt, but [[RichesToRags he gets left with just $1.47]] after Jenni leaves him.
* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book’s typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
** Not surprisingly, the author is also this. [[spoiler:Jack [=McGreary=] has a coarse demeanor and [[SirSwearsALot a foul mouth]], but he also has a wealth of life experience, and he knew exactly how to write a book 99.7% of the people who read it would like.]]
* {{Tradesnark}}:It's It’s in the title.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard:May's May’s job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Editor-in-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But but Including Angels And and Alien Abductions.
* WeightWoe: May is always on a fad diet.
* RagsToRiches: Rory Wilhacker, the janitor in Panderic’s building, has this after becoming the first person to read ''What I Learned on the Mountain'' and follows one of Tupak’s financial tips. Edwin executes the same stunt, but [[RichesToRags he gets left with just $1.47]] after Jenni leaves him.
* SophisticatedAsHell: The book around which the plot revolves is written in this way, eschewing a book’s typical structure but still seeming to flow cohesively and comment insightfully on all its reference points.
** Not surprisingly, the author is also this. [[spoiler:Jack [=McGreary=] has a coarse demeanor and [[SirSwearsALot a foul mouth]], but he also has a wealth of life experience, and he knew exactly how to write a book 99.7% of the people who read it would like.]]
* {{Tradesnark}}:
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard:
* WeightWoe: May is always on a fad diet.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Discussed.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Discussed. Everyone at Panderic Press is sick of reading proposals with this plot.
* AuthorAllusion: Edwin's book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson's first published book, ''Why I Hate Canadians''.
* [[spoiler:DecoyLeader]]
* AuthorAllusion: Edwin's book ''Why I Hate Baby Boomers'' is an allusion to Will Ferguson's first published book, ''Why I Hate Canadians''.
* [[spoiler:DecoyLeader]]
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* Doorstopper: ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
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* Doorstopper: {{Doorstopper}}: ''What I Learned On The Mountain''Mountain''
* EmptyShell: The devotees of Soiree's book seen to become this.
* EmptyShell: The devotees of Soiree's book seen to become this.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam "The Snake" Serpent does one after reading '@What I Learned On The Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
* Hypocrite: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
* Hypocrite: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam "The Snake" Serpent does one after reading '@What ''What I Learned On The Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
*Hypocrite: {{Hypocrite}}: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Discussed. As an editor, Edwin can't stop himself from pointing these out.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Edwin and May]] do not end up together.
* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: Edwin's UnwantedSpouse Jenni is always asking this.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Edwin and May]] do not end up together.
* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: Edwin's UnwantedSpouse Jenni is always asking this.
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* FitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.GoneHorriblyRight: The premise of the novel.
* GranolaGirl: Jenni.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sam "The Snake" Serpent does one after reading '@What I Learned On The Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
* GranolaGirl: Jenni.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sam "The Snake" Serpent does one after reading '@What I Learned On The Mountain'', just in time to stop him from carrying out his death threat against Edwin.
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* PointyHairedBoss: Leon Mead.
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: [[spoiler:Jack McGreary]]
* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set "ten minutes from now".
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:McGreary]]'s motivation.
* PointyHairedBoss: Panderic Press head Leon Mead.
* NextSundayAD: Claims to be set "ten minutes from now".
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:McGreary]]'s motivation.
* PointyHairedBoss: Panderic Press head Leon Mead.
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* TradesnarkTM: It's in the title.
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* TradesnarkTM: {{Tradesnark}}: It's in the title.title.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.
* WeightWoe: May is always on a fad diet.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.
* WeightWoe: May is always on a fad diet.
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What if a self-help book actually worked?
Edwin De Valu is a junior editor at Panderic Press with responsibility for the self help section. When the author of their best-selling ''Mr Ethics'' series is jailed for fraud, he is asked to find something else to fill the gap in their fall publishing schedule. That something else is the rambling ''What I Learned On The Mountain'' by Tupak Soiree, which becomes a huge success... with terrible consequences.
Satirical novel by Will Ferguson, originally published as ''Generica'' in Canada in 2002 and retitled ''Happiness TM'' for its international publication the following year. It discusses and deconstructs a lot of publishing tropes.
!Tropes in ''Happiness TM'':
*AdamAndEvePlot: Discussed.
*Doorstopper: ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
*ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically Edwin's job.
*FitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.
*Hypocrite: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
*InstantBookDeal: From Tupak Soiree's point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
*LineOfSightName: [[spoiler:Tupak Soiree]] is eventually explained as this.
*PointyHairedBoss: Leon Mead.
*PunnyName: Edwin de Valu ("devalue", yes?) and Tupak Soiree.
*TradesnarkTM: It's in the title.
Edwin De Valu is a junior editor at Panderic Press with responsibility for the self help section. When the author of their best-selling ''Mr Ethics'' series is jailed for fraud, he is asked to find something else to fill the gap in their fall publishing schedule. That something else is the rambling ''What I Learned On The Mountain'' by Tupak Soiree, which becomes a huge success... with terrible consequences.
Satirical novel by Will Ferguson, originally published as ''Generica'' in Canada in 2002 and retitled ''Happiness TM'' for its international publication the following year. It discusses and deconstructs a lot of publishing tropes.
!Tropes in ''Happiness TM'':
*AdamAndEvePlot: Discussed.
*Doorstopper: ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
*ExecutiveMeddling: Discussed a lot as In-universe, this is basically Edwin's job.
*FitThatOnABusinessCard: May's job title is Associate Editor-In-Chief, Non-Fiction, Excluding Biographies But Including Angels And Alien Abductions.
*Hypocrite: The author of the Mr Ethics books is jailed for fraud and murder.
*InstantBookDeal: From Tupak Soiree's point of view, this is what happens with ''What I Learned On The Mountain''
*LineOfSightName: [[spoiler:Tupak Soiree]] is eventually explained as this.
*PointyHairedBoss: Leon Mead.
*PunnyName: Edwin de Valu ("devalue", yes?) and Tupak Soiree.
*TradesnarkTM: It's in the title.
